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Clippers, Queens punch tickets, Rattlers ousted
By Medicine Hat News on February 29th, 2020
It’ll be an all-South final at the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference women’s volleyball championships Saturday, but the home team’s season has come to an end. The Briercrest Clippers and Red Deer Queens each swept their respective semifinals Friday night at the Snake Pit in Medicine Hat College, advancing to the final and also earning spots ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kemp nets four
By Medicine Hat News on February 29th, 2020
Brett Kemp wasn’t satisfied with a hat trick. The 19-year-old Medicine Hat Tigers forward completed a three-goal performance with five minutes left in Friday’s game against the Regina Pats at the Brandt Centre, then added a fourth for good measure in a dominant 8-2 victory. Medicine Hat’s five-forward power play unit was reunited Friday as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rattler Run coming
By Medicine Hat News on February 26th, 2020
Registration for the 41st Rattler Run opened recently, with organizers looking to get as many people from the community out as possible for the April 25 fun runs and races. With three, five and 10-kilometre routes and divisions for all ages, the annual event at Medicine Hat College typically signifies the start of the spring ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tigers win playoff opener in overtime
By Medicine Hat News on February 26th, 2020
There wasn’t a lot separating the South East Athletic Club Tigers from their Airdrie counterparts in the Alberta Major Bantam Hockey League season, so it should come as no surprise that their first playoff game needed more than 60 minutes to determine a winner. The Tigers took Game 1 of the best-of-three opening round series ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Overweight, male hockey fans from Hat wanted for health program
By Medicine Hat News on February 26th, 2020
A program run out of Ontario is targeting overweight men in Medicine Hat – and every other junior hockey market in the country – to help them get healthy. Hockey Fans In Training is aiming to find 40 hockey fans for three months’ worth of exercise, information and motivation. Run by researchers out of Western ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Women pull out win in Calgary
By Medicine Hat News on February 22nd, 2020
The Medicine Hat College Rattlers women’s basketball team got back into the win column Friday with a 62-56 victory over the SAIT Trojans. Medicine Hat had to fight to end a three-game losing skid, trailing for most of the first half before turning the tide in the second. At Calgary, point guard Rhiannon Ware had ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cubs, Generals set to square off
By Medicine Hat News on February 22nd, 2020
You could look at the second-round matchup between the Medicine Hat Cubs and Cochrane Generals as pitting an up-and-coming team against a team led by up-and-comers. In one corner, the provincial junior B hockey championship host Cubs are looking to take the next step in their evolution. They’ve gone from almost folding a few years ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cubs can sweep Strathmore Sunday
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on February 15th, 2020
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken The Medicine Hat Cubs will be returning to the Kinplex on Sunday with one thing on their mind – a sweep. Medicine Hat rallied to take a 2-0 stranglehold in their best-of-five Heritage Junior Hockey League series against the Wheatland Kings with a commanding 6-0 victory on Friday night in Strathmore. “It’s exciting,” said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tigers set to clash with Central Division-leading Oil Kings
By Medicine Hat News on February 15th, 2020
The Medicine Hat Tigers will be looking to gain some ground in the Central Division when they hit the ice to face the Edmonton Oil Kings on Saturday night at Rogers Place. The Oil Kings entered Friday’s games as the only team in the Eastern Conference to secure a place in the post-season at 35-8-6-3 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rattlers clinging to fourth in ACAC South following three-set loss to Lions
By Medicine Hat News on February 15th, 2020
The Medicine Hat Rattlers women’s volleyball team watched their hold on fourth in the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference South Division dwindle to just two points following a three-set loss (25-17, 25-17, 25-23) to the Ambrose Lions on Friday night at the Snake Pit. Dryden Gris and Megan Hoeber shared the team high of just four ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!History on Cubs’ side in series with Kings
By Medicine Hat News on February 13th, 2020
It’s a series the Medicine Hat Cubs didn’t want to play in, but one that on paper they should win. Strathmore’s Wheatland Kings have every intention of reminding the provincial junior B hockey championship hosts that their first-round Heritage League series is, indeed, played on the ice. The Cubs host the Kings in Game 1 ... Read More »
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